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Joan Miró’s Joy Is as Infectious as Ever

Miró's paintings explode with joy and exuberance, and those emotions are palpable. They simply make you happy.

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Dian Parker

A $3 Million Night at the Geffen: MOCA’s Celebrated Gala Returns in Full Force

Spotted in the assembled crowd were actors Supriya Ganesh and Keanu Reeves (on the arm of Los Angeles and Berlin‐based artist Alexandra Grant), who...

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Christa Terry

Alexandr Wang Defends Meta’s Muse Spark as an ‘Appetizer’ in Bigger A.I. Push

Alexandr Wang defended Meta’s Muse Spark and said the company’s next models will be more competitive.

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Victor Dey

Retail Therapy: How to Navigate L.A.’s Best Shopping Neighborhoods

Whether you’re looking to hit the beach after splurging on skincare and jeans on Abbot Kinney or want to spend an entire afternoon at The Grove,...

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Allie Lebos

At Giovanna Caruso Fendi’s FOROF, Rome’s Past Finds New Context in the Contemporary

In the remains of the Basilica Ulpia near Trajan’s Column, the city's imperial past meets its cultural present.

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Elisa Carollo

Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Charts Leaner A.I. Strategy as IPO Race With OpenAI Heats

Anthropic’s co-founder president says the company is avoiding OpenAI-style spending while betting on safety and enterprise A.I.

previous day 4

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Rachel Curry

The End of the Sustainability Premium

IMD Business School’s Goutam Challagalla and Frédéric Dalsace challenge a persistent business assumption: that consumers will pay a premium for...

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Goutam challagalla

One Fine Show: “Tracey Emin, A Second Life” at Tate Modern in London

"A Second Life," mostly refers to what art has given her, and it's possible that going through the exhibition, one could come to know her just as well...

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Dan Duray

The Nolita Guide: A Local’s Map to the Best Restaurants, Bars and Shops

The downtown neighborhood that fashion built, the Italians never left and the rest of us keep trying to crack—here's where to eat, drink and shop in...

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Paul Jebara

Tinashe and Rebecca Black Electrified MoMA’s 2026 Party in the Garden

New York City's Museum of Modern Art brought together entrepreneurs, artists, collectors and philanthropists for a dinner honoring Betye Saar and...

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Michaela Zee

The Aldrich’s First Decennial Takes Stock of Contemporary Art in Connecticut

With its inaugural 10-year survey, the Ridgefield institution is making the case that the most interesting art in America can sometimes be found off...

thursday 3

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Dan Duray

When Great Collections Come to Market, Dane Jensen Makes Sure Nothing Is Left on the Table

The founder and director of La Finca Collection Strategies believes that the next great art-market opportunity lies in knowing how, when and where to...

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Elisa Carollo

Su Xiaobai’s Meditative Material Practice Is the Focus of One of the Biennale’s Most Commanding Shows

The artist's magmatic laquer works slow the viewer down by inviting them to investigate, appreciate and understand the temporal process each work...

thursday 2

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Elisa Carollo

The Light-Bodied Reds That Actually Make Sense for Summer

For anyone unmoved by another glass of rosé, these lighter reds offer the season a little more depth without the weight of a cabernet.

thursday 3

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Allie Lebos

The Temporal and Geographical Ambiguity of Mark Manders

Frozen in the moment of becoming, the artist's new bronzes and newspaper works ask what it means to hold an entire civilization in a single object.

03.06.2026 2

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Elisa Carollo

A.I. Leaders’ Advice for 2026 College Graduates Shows the Limit of Silicon Valley Optimism

At commencements from Carnegie Mellon to the University of Arizona, Jensen Huang, Eric Schmidt and other tech leaders delivered similar advice about...

03.06.2026 2

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Sissi Cao

Can Rock Royalty Really Make Art Worth Owning?

Less partisan collectors shouldn't automatically shy away from paintings and sculpture crafted by big-name musicians, though caution is advised.

03.06.2026 3

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Simon Coates

The Most Exciting New European Hotels for Escaping the Usual Summer Suspects

These 14 new hotels trade the obvious European summer checklist for private islands, restored palazzos, cliffside suites and places your feed has not...

03.06.2026 4

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Paul Jebara

Cleophus Hethington’s Afro-Caribbean Food Resets the Scene at L.A.’s Lucia

As Lucia marks its first year, chef Cleophus Hethington is building an Afro-Caribbean menu shaped by Caribbean travel, Black foodways and his Miami...

03.06.2026 2

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Andy Wang

At Marianne Boesky, Sanford Biggers Rewrites the Rules of Material Storytelling

The artist has transformed the gallery into an immersive, stage-like realm where quilts, classical art's fragments, African masks, sequins and...

03.06.2026 1

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Elisa Carollo

Otter.ai Founder and CEO Sam Liang on Why A.I. Will Make Typing Obsolete Soon

Otter is challenging tech giants with cross-platform A.I. tools built on meeting data, aiming to outpace Microsoft and Google. CEO Sam Liang outlines...

03.06.2026 3

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Rachel Curry

How Outposts Turned the World’s Greatest Museums into Instruments of Soft Power

When cities pay hundreds of millions for a Louvre or Guggenheim, the masterpieces don't always follow.

03.06.2026 3

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Daniel Grant

Edmondo and Michele di Robilant Chart a Course for Robilant with Old Masters and New Names

The gallery will balance its Old Master and modern legacy with a contemporary program shaped by Michele.

02.06.2026 2

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Elisa Carollo

The Books That Taught Author Courtney Maum How to Be Funny Without Being Cruel

These novels showed her that social satire starring the wealthy and privileged didn't always have to be savage.

02.06.2026 2

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Courtney Maum

Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ Renders Queer Desire Against the Machinery of War

The film, for all its faults, subverts hyper-masculine war tropes to focus on intimacy, queer desire and art as a tool of survival.

02.06.2026 2

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Siddhant Adlakha

What Gen Z’s A.I. Backlash Reveals About the Future of Work

American University's Casey Evans examines what the recent backlash against A.I. at college commencement ceremonies is really about. Evans argues that...

02.06.2026 3

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Casey evans

London Gallery Weekend Charts the Evolving Coordinates of the British Art Scene

What began as a collective response to the pandemic has become one of the art calendar's most purpose-driven events.

02.06.2026 2

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Elisa Carollo

How to Watch the FIFA World Cup in New York Like a Local, Beyond MetLife

With the World Cup Final headed to MetLife, the best viewing may happen everywhere else: Queens restaurants, Manhattan rooftops, soccer bars, beer...

02.06.2026 3

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Paul Jebara

At Cape Town’s Salsify, Ryan Cole Draws From the Sea and Soil

From yellowtail caught off Cape Point to foraged succulents and Karoo lamb, Salsify’s menu is rooted firmly in place.

02.06.2026 4

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Emily Zemler

Inside El Museo del Barrio’s 2026 Gala: J Balvin, $1 Million and a Packed House

As the sun sank over the city skyline, well-heeled guests sipped tequila cocktails and Leo Gruber & Tren Latino provided a musical performance that...

01.06.2026 3

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Christa Terry

The Philosophers Shaping Today’s Most Powerful A.I. at Top Firms

As A.I. grows more complex, philosophy is becoming a surprising asset in tech. From Anthropic to Google DeepMind, philosophers are helping A.I....

01.06.2026 8

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Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The Frick Collection’s Louis Vuitton Partnership Is Luxury’s Latest Cultural Power Move

Art has become one of luxury's strongest competitive tools.

01.06.2026 4

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Elisa Carollo

Manuel Mathieu’s Venice Biennale Debut Asks How We Carry the Past

The Haitian-Canadian artist is one of the few in this year's Biennale showing in both the Arsenale and the Giardini—a feat that speaks to the...

01.06.2026 4

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Elise Morton

The Drink of Summer Is Looking Bright, Bubbly and a Little Predictable

The Hugo spritz may be leading the charge, but bartenders say the bigger summer trend is light, low-ABV cocktails built for repeat orders.

01.06.2026 4

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Anna Rahmanan

Annie Taylor On Collecting as Cultural Stewardship

Taylor’s collecting practice is highly instinctive but not reckless, shaped by both immediate resonance and careful looking.

01.06.2026 4

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Elisa Carollo

Lakeside Charm and Farm-Fresh Ambition: A Guide to the Rising Food and Wine Scene in Michigan’s Harbor Country

Just outside of Chicago, this lakeside district has morphed from summer vacation spot to year-round food and wine destination.

01.06.2026 5

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Caitlin White

One Fine Show: “Louise Nevelson, Mrs. N’s Palace” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz

The artist was a pioneer of installation art and is best known for assemblages of debris that appear like monochrome artifacts from the future.

31.05.2026 8

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Dan Duray

When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Why Photography Needs Community More Than Ever

FotoFocus's executive director Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth reflects on the growing importance of in-person, community-centered engagement with...

30.05.2026 6

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Katherine ryckman siegwarth

An Art Lover’s Guide to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (and Its Expansion)

Its programming and public engagement initiatives extend beyond the galleries onto a 134-acre campus featuring over five miles of art-filled trails...

29.05.2026 6

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Elisa Carollo

Galerie Gmurzynska’s Old-School Slow Art Model Is Newly Radical

"This is really the sense of what a gallerist is, rather than an art dealer: you put together shows, you put together catalogs, you actually...

29.05.2026 5

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Elisa Carollo

Jony Ive-Designed Ferrari Luce Tests CEO Benedetto Vigna’s EV Bet

Ferrari’s Luce EV has drawn criticism from designers, fans and former chairman Luca di Montezemolo. It may still find ultra-wealthy buyers, but its...

29.05.2026 5

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Abigail Bassett

18 Hotels That Make Sport the Destination, Not the Amenity

The new luxury hotel is a year-round sports academy with rooms—these are the ones worth the carry-on.

29.05.2026 5

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Paul Jebara

How Rahul Vohra’s Superhuman Becomes Grammarly’s Bet on A.I. Email

Grammarly’s acquisition spree puts Superhuman at the center of a new A.I. productivity suite built to compete with Microsoft and Google. As A.I....

29.05.2026 6

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Tom samiljan

Eric Greenspan Opens Mish, a New-School Jewish-Diaspora Deli in L.A.

At Mish, Greenspan brings smoked pastrami, Montreal bagels and a wider Jewish culinary tradition to the deli counter.

29.05.2026 5

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Andy Wang

Screening at Cannes: Marine Atlan’s ‘La Gradiva’

The Cannes Critics' Week selection (and Grand Prix winner) marks the feature debut of Atlan, who crafts an enormously affecting tale of volatile...

29.05.2026 6

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Siddhant Adlakha

Observer’s 2026 June Art Fair Calendar

Here's (almost) everything happening on the art fair circuit this June.

29.05.2026 5

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Christa Terry

Hollywood Can’t Agree on What Counts as a Hit Anymore

From Netflix charts to box office legs, Hollywood’s success stories now depend on which metric each company wants to sell.

29.05.2026 6

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Brandon Katz

Erwin Wurm Transforms the Fortuny Museum into a Theater of the Absurd

"Absurdity allows us to see things differently. If we look at the same chair every day, eventually we stop seeing it. But if we shift perspective and...

28.05.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo

21 New York City Restaurants for Summertime Guys’ Dinners

From century-old steakhouses to lively newcomers, these tables know how to handle a crew, celebrations and everything in between.

28.05.2026 10

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Paul Jebara

Wallace Chan’s Dual-Site Exhibition Bridges Not Only Geography But Also Matter, Energy, Past and Future

In the artist's practice, the distance between jewelry, sculpture, engineering and metaphysics collapses.

28.05.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo